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Play Chess Online at FIDE Arena: Exciting FAQ

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, With its FIDE online ratings and highly advanced anti-cheating protection, FIDE Online Arena has generated great...

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World Chess Cup Round 5, Game 1: Kramnik Beats Korobov, Others Draw

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The hall at the World Chess Cup in Tromso is virtually empty if you compare with the fact that 128 players had...

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Russian Chess Dance YouTube Video!

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Enjoy your weekend with this chess dance video from Russia. We love receiving chess videos from Chess Blog readers....

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World Chess Champions: Trivia Photo

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, This is the easiest chess photo trivia question that you would ever encounter :) Name the two very strong...

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Amazing Chess Music: Byrne - Fischer Game with Percussionists Connor Shafran,...

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The famous game played in 1956 between Donald Byrne (White), and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer (Black) has now been set...

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Executives' Chess Congress at Western Kentucky - Creative New Concept!

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Here is an interesting new chess event: A Leadership Congress Catering to the Enhancement of Presidents, Senior...

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Rare Russian Chess Books Available Now

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, There's no denying that Russia has given the planet the maximum number of strong and legendary chess players...

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World Chess Candidates 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk?

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The UGRA Chess Federation has sent a bid to FIDE to hold the Candidates Tournament in March 2014 in...

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America's Oldest Chess Championship from Aug 30: Annual New York State...

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Albany MarriotThe 135th edition of the Annual New York State Championship - America’s oldest annual tournament,...

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Tobey Maguire to portray chess master Bobby Fischer in Montreal

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, TORONTO — Actor Tobey Maguire is heading to Montreal this winter to make a feature film about the chess match of...

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Pitching for Chess and Peace: Duncan Glassey

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,Edinburgh-based Wealthflow’s Duncan Glassey is hoping to use his passion for chess to help those less fortunate than...

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World Computer Chess Championship begins with Top Chess Engines

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, TCEC, the unofficial world computer championship by Martin Thoresen, started this August 26th with the...

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Schwarzacher Chess Open: GM Vitaly Kunin wins Clear First

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 28th Schwarzacher Open was held 17-24th August in Schwarzach, Austria. A total of 148 players from 18 countries...

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Hamdouchi and Maisuradze are 2013 French Chess Champions

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,  The 88th French Chess Championships were held from 11th to 23rd August at the Palais des sports Jean Weille in...

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88th Argentina Chess Championships begin

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,  The 88th Chess Championship of Argentina is taking place from 25th August to 7th September at the Hotel Atrium...

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Forgetting my Computer is my Biggest Nightmare: World Chess Champion...

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, CHENNAI: With his World Championship match against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen just two months away, preparation is...

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Chess and Art: Samuel Beckett's Obsession with Chess

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Stephen Moss has a brilliant article on Samuel Beckett's great obsessions in the Guardian. Was this game of fierce...

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Paris Chess Grand Prix from Sept 27

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Even as the Chess World Cup comes to an end - with Vladimir Kramnik and Dmitry Andreikin to play the final - it is...

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Chess World Cup 2013 All-Russian Final: Vladimir Kramnik vs Dmitry Andreikin

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,  Nigel Short with Vladimir Kramnik at the press conference.After a month of very strong chess, the Chess World Cup...

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3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship from Oct 9 in Jakarta

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,  The 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship will take place on 9-18th October at the Puri Ratna Ballroom, Grand...

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